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Use the Search page to search for word(s) located anywhere in any record.
For example, an object Simple Search on the word Black will return all objects which are black in colour, those depicting Black Street, along with those by any artist named Black.

You can choose to search on Object or Person records, and can limit your results to only records that have images.

Phrases

You can search on an exact phrase by placing quote marks around the words.
For example, "Greek vase" will find only records with these two words together, rather than in different parts of the record.

Records containing more than one term anywhere in the text

Place “+” before each term, or connect the terms by placing AND between them.
E.g. Greek AND vase

Exclude records containing a particular term

Place “–“ in front of the term you wish to exclude, or type AND NOT between the terms.
E.g. +Greek –vase
This will find records containing the word ‘Greek’ and without the word ‘vase’.

Grouping Searches

You can group multiple words together by placing them inside brackets.
E.g. (Greek AND vase) OR (Roman AND vase).

Wildcards

To search for records that contain variations of the same word, use “*” after the common part of the word.
E.g. paint* would find records with the word painter, painted or painting.

Result pages

List view: The briefest view, with identifying information for each record displayed as a single line of a list

Label view: Basic identifying and descriptive information

Lightbox view: An image-based view, with only basic identifying information

To switch between display modes click on the list, label or lightbox icon on the results page.
You can click on the image or linked record text to go to the Detail view for a specific result.

Shortlist

Your shortlist is a place to keep a separate list of results that are interesting or relevant to you.
This list will be maintained throughout your current session, regardless of other searches you make.
However, your shortlist will not be saved or maintained after you have left the Browser catalogue.

Use the ‘add to shortlist’ or ‘add all to shortlist’ buttons to build up your shortlist.
You can use ‘go to shortlist’ to view the shortlist and you can use the ‘remove’ buttons to remove records from your shortlist.

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